Article
Usefulness of a national registry of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. The Spanish experience.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Oct 1998
Miravitlles M, Vidal R, Barros-Tizón J C, Bustamante A, España P P, Casas F, Martínez M T, Escudero C, Jardi R
Abstract excerpt
Severe alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, phenotype Pi ZZ, is a rare condition with an estimated prevalence of 1/4500 individuals in Spain. Given this low prevalence, it seems useful to accumulate all the information derived from the care of these patients. In this context, the Spanish Registr...
Topics
- Adult
- Databases, Factual
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lung
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- Registries
- Smoking
- Spain
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency